Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan were the only ones in the last century to appoint a majority of the federal bench.
Both the president and governor can appoint judges. The governor can appoint his states judges and the president appoints federal judges. The president can only appoint ambassadors.
Yes, at the appeals and Supreme Court level. The President may hope (as President Roosevelt did) to create a coalition of judges who support his programs, or he (or she) may simply prefer to appoint justices with a similar ideology or worldview.
Herbert Hoover
President
The president shall appoint his cabinet.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
He tried to appoint additional justices.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Presidential Emergency Board/American <---For A+ :)
cause he wanted to in 2/14/1905
federal judicial district